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Monday, 21 April 2014

Burn Jita Cancelled Due to Budget Cuts

In a shocking revelation, The Mittani announced today that
the long-awaited Burn Jita 3 event will be cancelled this year due to budget
cuts. The sudden cancellation was sparked after Greater Western Co-Prosperity
Sphere lost a
15bil freighter to a Goonwaffe POS. The loss has crippled the renter alliance's
income for this month, and has directly led to the cancellation of many CFC
services.

While Burn Jita is the most well-known service cancelled,
Goonwaffe's 100% bonus to peacetime reimbursement has also been cut. "The
cuts to SRP have been a nightmare," we were told by Bob Starseeker,
Goonwaffe's EU recruitment director, "I now only break even from losing
ships in PvP, rather than make a ridiculous profit. It appears the days of
making Brave Newbies sing for isk are over."

Of course, many who directly oppose the CFC have shown
delight at the recent turn of events. Self-proclaimed Goon-haters have
literally taken to the streets in celebration, claiming that this is surely the
end of Goonswarm's reign of tyranny across highsec. Xenuria, CSM 9 candidate,
posted a video on his Youtube channel expressing his delight over the news. An
extract from the transcript can be found below.

"Hello... I am Xenuria... in case you can't already
tell. And this is the interview where I announce, publicly and officially, my
delight at Burn Jita being cancelled. And you may be asking yourself, as I mouth
these... deliciously silky words: How does this affect me? Why should I care?
And maybe I can answer that with a question... if you're intuitive enough to
relate. Do you enjoy the sock puppetry? Do you enjoy Mittani, CCP's buttboy? If
the answer is no, then this is amazing news for you. This, my friends, marks
the end of Mittani's evil influence over New Eden. CCP's buttboy will surely
quit Eve now, dissolving the blue doughnut forever. And remember... vote for
Xenuria for CSM 9, because... I'm different... I'm STRAAANGE."

Despite the lack of Burn Jita this year Miniluv have been
running freighter ganks around the Jita area and have made some impressive
kills. Included in these are a MoA freighter pilot who lost his
freighter, then undocked another one, took the same route and subsequently lost it again.

While no Burn Jita this year means many ignorant freighter
pilots are safe, thousands of Eve players looking forward to the action will be
left disappointed at the lack of hilarious lossmails. This has delighted Ripard
Teg to no end, who previously stated he believed all people who laughed at the
killmail of an innocent carebear who had been murdered are psychopathic criminals
and will go to hell with Erotica 1.